Senior Infra Engineer - Virtualization & OS Upgrades

VAM Systems Inc; Manama; On-site; BHD 26,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

VAM Systems is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer in Bahrain to design, implement, and maintain high-availability infrastructure. You will manage UNIX/Linux systems, across Solaris and Linux, with hands-on experience in LDOMs, VMware, KVM, and Hyper-V, including network and storage integration.

The role emphasizes zero-downtime upgrades, firmware updates, robust backup strategies with Veeam and OpenText Data Protector, and proactive fault diagnosis using advanced tracing and core dumps.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in UNIX/Linux Systems Administration with root-cause troubleshooting and patching.
• Hypervisor experience across LDOMs, VMware, KVM, and Hyper-V.
• Deep cross-functional knowledge of Solaris SPARC and Linux, plus networking basics.
• Experience with Veeam and OpenText Data Protector for backups.

Responsibilities

• OS Upgradation and patching across Solaris and Linux fleets using native tools.
• Firmware upgrades and hardware remediation across multiple vendors.
• Troubleshoot bare-metal and guest OS panics; optimize performance.
• Plan and allocate resources across LDOMs, VMware, KVM, Hyper-V.
• Deploy and tune KVM with virsh and libvirt; optimize VirtIO.
• Manage host networking: VLAN tagging, LACP, static routes, multi-homed systems.
• Oversee backup and disaster recovery using Veeam and OpenText Data Protector.

Skills

UNIX/Linux administration

Hypervisor management

Multi-vendor hardware & OS

Backup & recovery

Networking (VLAN, routing)

Tools

LDOMs

VMware

KVM

Hyper-V

virsh/libvirt

DTrace

Job description

VAM Systems is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer in Bahrain to design, implement, and maintain high-availability infrastructure. You will manage UNIX/Linux systems, across Solaris and Linux, with hands-on experience in LDOMs, VMware, KVM, and Hyper-V, including network and storage integration.

The role emphasizes zero-downtime upgrades, firmware updates, robust backup strategies with Veeam and OpenText Data Protector, and proactive fault diagnosis using advanced tracing and core dumps.